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53. I was born in '63. I was sort of young to be watching TV at the time.

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 04:07 PM

Oct 2012

The stereotypes are sort of funny now, but they probably weren't back then. My wife's 49 and she gets thrown on a mat regularly. She's also broken a few toes, wounded her wrists, had a few wonky fingers, and is letting our middle daughter run class tonight because her foot (probably broken) is toast. She's under 5' tall and all of 95 lbs, but she can kick the shit out of damn near anyone other than the grand master. He's 70 and can still drop into a 2" 360 sweep with no warm-up. Age isn't a limiting factor.

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Taking a break from Sesame Street, remember The Electric Company?... [View all] HopeHoops Oct 2012 OP

That, and Zoom. rug Oct 2012 #1

That must not have aired in my region. I have no recollection of it at all. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

It's still on. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #30

We had Zoom here in MN. geardaddy Oct 2012 #9

Beat me to it! "Send it to ZOOM!" arcane1 Oct 2012 #27

"Boston Mass" MadrasT Oct 2012 #48

Yep! geardaddy Oct 2012 #51

I remember ZOOM. :^) (And Electric Company) GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #12

Yep I loved Zoom OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #29

Maura Mullaney.... Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #41

I loved Zoom Tsiyu Oct 2012 #47

Wow, I remember that! TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #3

"It's the plumber. I've come to fix the sink" is a running joke in our family. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #5

LOL geardaddy Oct 2012 #10

Most people don't get the reference. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #17

I know! geardaddy Oct 2012 #18

"He's the plumber. He's come to fix the sink." HopeHoops Oct 2012 #19

Haha! geardaddy Oct 2012 #20

Electric Company was special. I forget what happened to it. Sesame Street lives on... HopeHoops Oct 2012 #21

Apparently, it's back on the air. geardaddy Oct 2012 #22

"On the air." Now there's an old term for television. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #23

We say it all the time at our house! LOL cyberswede Oct 2012 #28

"HEY YOU GUUUUUYS!!!" sadbear Oct 2012 #4

How`s about The Magic Garden?? opiate69 Oct 2012 #6

What the hell is that? LOL. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #7

lol.. show I used to watch when I was a wee little lad.. opiate69 Oct 2012 #8

Woah, it's the Magic Garden. surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #43

Well, I grew up in Western Connecticut... opiate69 Oct 2012 #46

Morgan Freeman was on EC. geardaddy Oct 2012 #11

Along with Rita Moreno. :^) GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #13

Yep! geardaddy Oct 2012 #14

Yes he was EZ Reader Robyn66 Oct 2012 #45

Check it. geardaddy Oct 2012 #15

This would be a great photoshop geardaddy Oct 2012 #16

M...itt...Mitt cyberswede Oct 2012 #24

Exactly! geardaddy Oct 2012 #25

Peter Griffin's first day at his new job at the electric company. Joe Shlabotnik Oct 2012 #44

Mel Mounds! cyberswede Oct 2012 #26

Excellent. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #32

You know the whole PBS thing could be the tipping point for Obama to win as long as ... Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2012 #31

"I love you. You love me. I have to take a purple pee." HopeHoops Oct 2012 #34

No, but I do remember, vaguely, the Pinwheel Network sakabatou Oct 2012 #33

Doesn't ring a bell. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #35

They're now called Nickelodeon sakabatou Oct 2012 #36

I've heard of it. Never seen it. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #37

O... K... sakabatou Oct 2012 #38

Give me a break. I shut off the TV in '82. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #39

That'd explain it sakabatou Oct 2012 #40

No problem. My TV window is pretty much 1967 to 1978, with SNL being the residual. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #49

Sesame Street? Electric Company? What's that? warrprayer Oct 2012 #42

THANK YOU! That was great! I've never seen that series before. Good stuff. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #50

"Funny Company" was pure boomer warrprayer Oct 2012 #52

I was born in '63. I was sort of young to be watching TV at the time. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #53

born in mid 50's warrprayer Oct 2012 #54

My daughters (17, 19, 21) all started around 3 1/2 - 4. They're all 2nd degree black belts now. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #55